Launched in 1933, two years after the Rolls-Royce take-over, Bentleys Silent Sportscar, as it was quickly dubbed, had few peers as a tireless long-distance tourer, combining as it did traditional Rolls-Royce refinement with Bentley performance and handling. As befitted its sporting nature, the Derby Bentley was almost always fitted with owner-driver saloon or drophead coupé coachwork, the standard designs - of which the car offered here is a particularly fine example - being the work of Park Ward